Peride Celal was born in 1916 in Istanbul. She attended French college Saint Pulchérie in Istanbul. In 1944, she lived in Switzerland for a while, working as a secretary in Press Consulate. Back in Turkey, she worked for the Press Institute and Istanbul Newspaper. She started her writing career with her story "Ak Kızın Hikayesi" -published 27.11.1935- on Yedigün Magazine....more